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Disaster Recovery Funding for Military Facilities on Guam (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Oct. 1, 2024
Report Number IN12434
Report Type Insight
Authors Andrew Tilghman
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

In May 2023, a category-four typhoon struck the U.S. territory of Guam, causing damage to U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force facilities, cutting power lines, and disrupting water supplies for some of the 6,500 U.S. military servicemembers permanently stationed on the island. Cost estimates for this damage vary, with some estimates placing the total as high as $50 billion. Because of the territory’s geographic position—Guam is closer to the Asian mainland than to Hawaii— DOD officials consider it to be vital to national defense strategy in the Indo-Pacific region. Congress is debating whether to provide the Department of Defense (DOD) billions of dollars in disaster recovery funding for military facilities on Guam. DOD has been investing in infrastructure on Guam for several years (for additional information, see CRS Report R47643, Guam: Defense Infrastructure and Readiness, by Andrew Tilghman.).